Boston Red Sox

On Wednesday, the Boston Red Sox will face the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2013 World Series. It will be the first time the two teams have met in the World Series since 2004 when the Red Sox swept the Cardinals for the first time since 1918. Since 2004, the Red Sox have won the World Series in 2007. The Red Sox made it to the World Series when they defeated the Dodgers on Saturday in game 6. The  World Series is best out of 7. My favorite players on the Red Sox are Jon Lester and David Ortiz. The Red Sox play under the slogan "Boston Strong" after there was a bombing in Boston in April. If they win, it will probably be one of the greatest victories in Boston history.

Present Day Child Labor (Rewrite)

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In the United States, child labor ended in around the 1900s, but it is still prevalent in other countries to this day. As I looked through a collection of photos of child labor in many Middle Eastern and Asian countries, the photo above really stood out. In the photo a child is working in a metal factory. He is very dirty. The child is also working with very heavy and dangerous machinery that a child should probably not be touching. If you look in the background, the working conditions are also horrendous. Although America has evolved and developed child labor laws to protect children, many countries have not reached this point yet.

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Even though in the minds of many Americans child labor is a thing of the past, in many other countries, child labor is still very common. Throughout the Middle East and in different Asian countries, child labor is currently still striving. The work that the children do is typically hard and physical labor, and the children are working in inadequate conditions where the work places are often dirty, dangerous, and unhealthy. In the picture above, a child is working in a metal factory in Bangladesh. As you can see, the child is very dirty. He is also working with dangerous and heavy machinery, and the boy is not wearing any protective clothing. I feel that people in America are in doubt about what is going on in these other countries. Most people assume that other countries have labor laws like we do, but that is not true. Many countries probably have more children working than adults. These children typically do not have an education, and instead of school, they are sent off to work each and every day. 

Child Labor in the 1900s

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In this picture, the little girl is a factory worker in the mills. In the picture you see the girl looking out the window at the outside world she probably rarely sees. You can tell from the background that the working conditions in the factory are incredibly bad. The dust and dirt can easily make a person sick. The machines in the factories were also very dangerous especially for a young girl, like the one pictured. Her clothes look very dirty and dingy. Child labor increased rapidly during the Industrial Revolution. People wanted children to work for them because they could do some jobs adults could not and also the children were often willing to work for less money and for longer than adults were. They worked often more diligently and put up with the bad conditions more than the adults would. Many children worked to support their families and many didn't go to school because they had to work.